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...took too long coming out of the huddle after the timeout, so the referee put the ball on the ground and started counting for a five-second violation. Afraid he was going to run out of time, Cornell guard Monte Boykin ran over and tried to inbound the ball quickly, but instead threw it wildly out of bounds...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Men Cagers Sweep Past Columbia, Cornell | 1/15/1989 | See Source »

...defense, there's the steal Bird made in the waning seconds of Game 5 of the 1987 series against Detroit. The Pistons had the game won, but Bird picked off the inbound pass and hit Dennis Johnson for the winning layup...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Bird Will Fly Again | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

...shelf is part of a Cambridge Public Library project to extend its services to even the busiest of business folks. Located on the inbound platform near the escalators, the case is a little library for people who want something to do while they commute...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Library Goes Underground | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

...SkyWest aircraft "was inbound and doing exactly what he was supposed to do," said Tom Doyle, an assistant air-traffic manager at the main airport. As for the Mooney, Doyle said, "I don't know where that aircraft was." Investigators said the Mooney may have been "squawking" with a transponder -- a device that amplifies its radar reflection -- since printouts indicate its blip may have appeared on one radar screen. If so, why had the controller not warned the commuter pilot? A possible explanation: the Mooney was not transmitting information on its altitude, and thus the danger was not apparent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tragic Repeat | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

...Rocks!" the Hoya fans shriek, "What Rocks!" This is the literal translation of the school's motto, "Hoya Saxa." The people in Henle 20 with the Harvard student didn't shriek that, or much of anything, until the second half of Saturday's game. What did it was an inbound pass by Gene Smith, accompanied by a grim and an unmistaka- ble nationally televised wink right into the cumeras...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: What Rocks | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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